macroexpand

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(macroexpand quoted)

Details:

(only intended as a REPL utility)

If the given quoted form is a macro call, expand it once, then repeat until a subsequent result is not a macro call. NOTE: nested forms are not expanded.

See macroexpand-1 if you only wish to expand a form once.

Examples:

See how when expands to if:

(macroexpand '(when true :foo))
;;=> (if true (do :foo))

The following goes through three expansion steps, but you can use macroexpand-1 to do one at a time instead.

(macroexpand '(-> 2 inc))
;;=> (js* "(~{} + ~{})" 2 1)

Notice how the nested inc form is not expanded:

(macroexpand '(inc (inc 2)))
;;=> (js* "(~{} + ~{})" (inc 2) 1)

See Also:

Source docstring:
Repeatedly calls macroexpand-1 on form until it no longer
represents a macro form, then returns it.  Note neither
macroexpand-1 nor macroexpand expand macros in subforms.
Source code @ clojurescript:src/main/clojure/cljs/core.cljc
(core/defmacro macroexpand
  [quoted]
  (core/assert (core/= (core/first quoted) 'quote)
    "Argument to macroexpand must be quoted")
  (core/let [form (second quoted)
             env &env]
    (if (seq? form)
      (core/loop [form form form' (ana/macroexpand-1 env form)]
        (core/if-not (core/identical? form form')
          (recur form' (ana/macroexpand-1 env form'))
          `(quote ~form')))
      form)))